Abstract
Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 has a second clpB gene that encodes a 97-kDa protein with novel features. ClpBII is the first ClpB not induced by heat shock or other stresses; it is instead an essential, constitutive protein. ClpBII is unable to complement ClpBI function for acquired thermotolerance. No truncated ClpBII version is normally produced, unlike other bacterial forms, while ectopic synthesis of a putative truncated ClpBII dramatically decreased cell viability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7392-6 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Bacteriology |
Volume | 183 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2001 Dec |
Externally published | Yes |
Free keywords
- Adaptation, Biological
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cyanobacteria/genetics
- Endopeptidase Clp
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genes, Essential
- Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics
- Heat-Shock Response
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA